Center for International Policy, Africa ProgramSpotlight on ZambiaHakainde Hichilema has won Zambia’s presidential election in a decisive victory over incumbent President Edgar Lungu, the electoral…Aug 17, 2021Aug 17, 2021
Center for International Policy, Africa ProgramSpotlight on South SudanFighting erupted in South Sudan on Saturday between rival factions of the SPLM-IO military wing. The SPLM-IO is one of the country’s two…Aug 12, 2021Aug 12, 2021
Center for International Policy, Africa ProgramCOVID-19: Africa’s third waveAs the highly contagious Delta variant drives a global surge of COVID-19 cases, Africa is being hit especially hard. On July 15, the World…Aug 3, 2021Aug 3, 2021
Center for International Policy, Africa ProgramThe Pegasus Project: How the cyber-surveillance scandal affected AfricaWhen the Washington Post and 16 other media outlets published the findings of their Pegasus Project investigation last week, the results…Jul 27, 2021Jul 27, 2021
Center for International Policy, Africa ProgramMozambique’s conflict goes regionalOn June 23, the Southern African Development Community (SADC) agreed to deploy troops to Mozambique to combat the growing jihadist…Jul 21, 2021Jul 21, 2021
Center for International Policy, Africa ProgramSouth Sudan at 10On July 9, South Sudan marked ten years of independence but with little to celebrate. After a decade of self-rule, South Sudan faces…Jul 14, 2021Jul 14, 2021
Center for International Policy, Africa ProgramCorruption in Africa: Holding leaders accountableOn 29 June, former President Jacob Zuma was sentenced to 15 months in prison for contempt of court by South Africa’s highest court. Zuma is…Jul 7, 2021Jul 7, 2021
Center for International Policy, Africa ProgramSpotlight on Ethiopia: Elections, Tigray & GERDOn June 21, Ethiopia held national elections in what will be a key test of democracy under Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, who entered office in…Jun 30, 2021Jun 30, 2021
Center for International Policy, Africa ProgramRussia’s growing influence in AfricaOn June 15, CNN published a report implicating Russian private military contractors in a wide range of human rights abuses in the Central…Jun 23, 2021Jun 23, 2021
Center for International Policy, Africa ProgramNigeria’s Twitter ban and the rise of internet censorship in AfricaOn June 4, Nigeria announced it would indefinitely ban Twitter from operating in the country, with Minister of Information and Culture Lai…Jun 23, 2021Jun 23, 2021
